Solid Block of Ise

This is a very minor (and major at the same time) gripe, but I don’t understand why society still is so deeply unequal and unfair.

SvD (a major newspaper here in Sweden) reports that our former minister of justice Thomas Bodström has been threatened. Thomas Bodström is actually a lawyer currently working with a case where one of Swedens most famous opera-singers has been accused of raping someone. I really don’t give a shit about the details of that case, since it has quickly become a media-circus of almost OJ Simpson-esque proportions.

Thomas Bodström is probably one of my least favorite politicians in this country, and strong in the running for one of my least favorite politicians in the world of all time. There’s probably a lot of jackasses out there who thinks he’s the awesome, but in my opinion he’s essentially a sociopath moron who somehow got into power.

But, I digress.

No, my gripe is that no matter how vague a threat all stops are pulled out to protect him. Because he’s famous, he’s a celebrity, he’s a politician. The police is very mum about what kind of threat, but confirms that one such does exist. They’ve added heavy security to make sure he’s not harmed. We don’t know what kind of threat it is, it might be Al Qaida or it might be some drunk yahoo with a disposable cellphone thinking he’s performing the ultimate practical joke.

None the less, all stops are pulled out to protect him.

If I called the police and told them that I’d been threatened with bodily harm or even death they would simply tell me to call back WHEN this purported assailant showed up. They wouldn’t post cops outside my apartment door to make sure I didn’t get shot when I went outside to check my mail or take out the garbage. Because I’m a nobody. I’m not famous, I’m not a celebrity, I’m not rich. I’m expendable.

Shouldn’t a decent society provide equal protection for everyone regardless of social standing? I think so. But then again, there’s a lot of things wrong with our world today. Hundreds of thousands of people lack clean water in Africa, for example.

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